Combined shade-roller and curtain-rod support



Dec. 1 1925- 1,563,828

J. H. BOYE COMBINED SHADE ROLLER AND CURTAIN ROD SUPPORT Filed Aug. 6. 1923 J r w amashf 30 0,

Patented Dec. 1, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES H. BOYE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ABSIGNOB TO JAMES H. 'BOYE MANUFAC- TUBING COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

COMBINED SHADE-ROLLER AN D G'UBEEAIN-ROD SUPPORT.

Application filed August 6, ISBBL Serial No. 685,805.

. Roller and Curtain-Rod Supports, of which the following is a. specification.

This invention relates to devices for mounting and supporting shade rollers and curtain rods and has reference more particularly to a new and improved combination shade roller and curtain rod bracket ada t ed to support the pintles of a shade rol er and the ends of one or more rods to carry a curtain and one or more dra es.

The main ob ect of the invention 1s to I provide a simple, inexpensive and eflicient supporting bracket of the type mentioned,

wherein the parts that carry the shade rollerand the curtain rod or rods respectively are separately formed and are capable of being attached to the window frame by a sin le pair of screws, to which'end the forwar ly projecting portions of thebracket sections are provided with base plates adapted to overlap each other and formed with-registering holes to receive the fastening screws. 'To facilitate mounting, one of the base plates is provided with a centering lug and" the other with a corresponding aperture engaged with said'lugto bring the holes of the two plates into register. a

The device of my invention, its novel structural features, the manner in which it is mounted on the window frame, and the advantages inhering therein will be readily understood by persons skilled in the art from the following detailed description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing in which I haveillustrated a practical embodiment of the invention adapted to support a shade roller and one or more curtain or drape rods and in which-- Fig. 1 is, a to section through t e sides of a window frame, showing my improved combination bracket with a shade roller and curtain rod mounted therein; 7 j

Fig. 2 is a .frontelevation of the parts shown in Fig. 1, with the curtain rod in section on the line 22 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a perspective elevation of the curtain rod supporting member of the bracket; 2

plan view, in horizontal plate 22 is t en s11 Fig. 4 is'a perspective elevation of the shade roller supporting member of the bracket;

Fig. 5 is. a fragmentary vertical section, enlarged, on the l 1ne'55 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 6 is a perspective elevation, similar to Fig. 3, of a curtain rod supporting sec-' tion adapted to carry a curtain rod and a- Fig. 7 is a pers ective elevation, similar to Fig. 4, of the s ade roller section of the bracket adapted to co-operate with the curtain and drape rod section of Fig. 6; and

Fig. 8 is a top plan view of the bracket combined with the parts shown in Figs. 6 -and 7 and shown attached to the window frame.

Referring first to Figs. 1 to 5 inclusive, 10

. designates a sheet-metal bracket arm formed with an integral base plate or attaching flange 11 on its inner end and at its outer end with an outwardly pressed boss 12 formed with a central aperture 13 to receive the pintle 14 ofthe usual shade roller 15. Thebase plate 11 is formed with upper and lower holes 16 and 17 respectively and, referably, with an upstanding tongue or 00k 18 out and pressed outwardlyfrom the metal of the base plate.

'19 designates the curtain rod supporting arm formed with rearwardly and inwardly turned upper and lower margins20 and. 21

v and withan inte al base plate or attaching flan e 22'prefera 1y of the same dimensions ast e base late or attaching flange 11.

the base pl ate 22 are formed upper. and

lowenholes 23 and 24 and an intermediate slot 25. The curved flanges 20 and 21 of the arm 19 form ides'and supports for the bracket engaging ends of a flat curtain rod 26.-

In mounting the bracket, the base plate 22 of one bracket section is placed -upon the base plate 11 of the other, with the tongue 18 project-in throu h the slot 25, and the downwardly until the upper edge of the slot encounters the base of the tongue. This brings the upper and lower pairs of holes 23 and 16 and 24 and 17 into exact register, whereupon the assembled device is properly positioned on the window frame indicated at F and secured by upper and lower screws27 and 28.

In the form of the invention illustrated in Figs. 6, 7 and 8, the rod supporting sec-' bracket is formed with a base plate or attachingfiange 11' somewhat wider than the correspondmg base plate 111 the single rod structure, in order to secure proper spacing of the shade roller supporting arm and the two rod supportingarms. In all other respects, the device shown in Figs. 6 to 8 inclusive follows the structural features of the device shown in Figs. 1' to 5 inclusive, and the manner of assembling and mounting is the same.

From the foregoing it will be manifest that the device of my invention possesses a number of practical advantages, among which may be mentioned, first, the fact that it obviates the necessity of separate fastening screws for the shade roller and curtain rod carrying sections of the bracket respectively, enabling both to be rigidly attached to the window frame by a single pair of screws; second, that the formation of the shade roller and curtain rod supporting arms with overlapping base flanges afi'ords increased strength and rigidity in the latter part since they mutually reinforce each other; third, that it enables both the shade roller and the curtain rod or rods to be readily applied and removed independently of each other and without the necessity of taking down the bracket, since the roller supporting arms 10 are capable of springing sutiiciently to free the pintles of the roller when the latter is to be applied or removed; fourth, the device lends itself to an economical method of manufacture by cutting and pressing the two bracket sections into form from sheet-metal blanks by suitable dies; and, fifth, the co-operating centering devices of the base plates insure the quick and accu rate registration of said plates and their holes, facilitating the applicationand driving of the fastening screws.

lVhile I have herein shown and described specific forms of the device which have in practice been found to satisfactorily effectuate the purposes of the invention, itis manifest that these specific forms may be varied without departing from the principle of the invention or sacrificingany of the advantages thereof. Hence, I reserve all such variations and modifications as fall within the spirit and purview of the appended claims.

I claim 1. A combination shade roller and curtain rod bracket, comprising a pair of forwardly projecting arms adapted to'support a shade roller and curtain rod respectively, said arms having integral overlapping base plates formed with equally spaced upper and lower holes, centering means on said base plates for bringing the holes of the latter into register, and fastening screws passed through registering holes of said base plates.

2. A. combination shade roller and curtain rod bracket, comprising forwardly projecting arms adapted to support a shade roller and curtain rod respectively, said arms having integral overlapping base plates formed with equally spaced upper and lower holes, said base plates provided the one with a centering lug and the other with a hole co-operating with said lug, and fastening screws passed through registering upperand lower holes of said base plates.

3. A combination shade roller and curtain rod bracket, comprising forwardly projecting arms adapted to support a shade roller and curtain rod respectively, said arms having integral overlapping base plates formed with equally spaced upper and lower holes, one of said base plates being formed with a forwardly projecting integral upstanding hook and the other with an aperture engaged by said hook whereby said base plates are held in contact with each other with their upper and lower holes in register, and fastening screws passed through the registering holes of said plates.

JAMES H. BOYE. 

